Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he would be seeking advice from Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, who was at the centre of the battle that erupted with Barcelona in their semi-final as he looks to avenge United's 2-0 defeat to Barcelona in Rome. "I speak to Jose a lot, I spoke to him last week," said Ferguson, who saw Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson and a double from Anderson secure a resounding triumph. "Real Madrid is a different team to us for a start and we will depend on our own knowledge because it’s not as if we haven’t seen them before. But we’ll take the information because Jose is very helpful that way."
Paul Joyce, Daily Express
The Mirror report Xavi's claims Manchester United will be favourites in the final on English soil. The Spain playmaker says: "We're back at Wembley but now Manchester United are the favourites. They're a great team that also likes to play football and perhaps that's good for us."
Martin Samuel in The Daily Mail writes: "It will be the match the tournament wants, it is the match the people want, and it is the match history demands. On May 28, Manchester United play Barcelona at Wembley in an occasion that will stir memories, ghosts and, we hope, hearts." Meanwhile, Darron Gibson rightly picks up plenty of accolades in the press, with The Daily Star headlining Gibson is a real Dazzler.
The Daily Mail also highlight Darren Fletcher's return as a major boost as the manager reserved more praise for his fellow Scot in the press conference. "Some players are big-game players and he is one. The perfect example is Mark Hughes, he was one of the best big-game players in United's history. He never failed in a big game and Darren is the same type of player."
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